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Ameridion

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Ameridion
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Ameridion
Wunderlich, 1995[1]
Type species
A. petrum
(Levi, 1959)
Species

27, see text

Ameridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995.[2] Species of this genus are found in Mexico, Central America, Northern South America and the West Indies.

Species

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As of May 2020 it contains twenty-seven species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico:[1]

In synonymy:

  • A. quemadum = Ameridion unanimum (Keyserling, 1891)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Ameridion Wunderlich, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. ^ Wunderlich, J. (1995). "Revision und Neubeschreibung einiger Gattungen der Familie Theridiidae aus der Nearktis und Neotropis (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 609–615.